The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

COENAGRIONIDAE

Telebasis salva (Hagen)

Desert Firetail


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Distribution Citations

[1904 Needham]

[1910 Muttkowski]
1914 Williamson

1938 Ferguson

1982 Williams
1984 Robinson

 

[1996 Westfall & May]
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]

2004 Gallucci
2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-nymphs in ponds, lakes, pools, springs, and slow reaches of streams with open sunlight and abundant emergent vegetation (Abbott 2005)

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                          2010

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